That is a great tool and I am very pleased to find something else to help me keep my data consistent. I would like to know where and how others record information without dates where only an age is known. Such as; died in infancy or died at age 18.
Thanks, Rita in South Carolina -----Original Message----- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Brian/Support Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:11 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Date Formatting Barrie, If you have dates entered in a form that Legacy does not recognize as a date there is a search that will list all the "bad" dates. Go to Search > Find > Miscellaneous searches tab. There is a selection there that will search all bad dates. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. Barrie Smart wrote: > Hi, > > I made a start error when entering dates in a lot of my family records, so > there's a number of formats for the same date. > After doing what I should have done in the 1st place (RTBM!) I made > selections in the Options>Customise>Dates screen, and am following the > conventions I've chosen. > > My question is: > > Is there any way I can do a blanket change to the already entered dates so > they read as per my customised date setup? I've got quite a number, and if > the worst comes to the worst I can manually re-enter them, but it would make > life easier if there was a way to do it in one step. > > Any help/comments welcomed. Thanks > > Barrie > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
